Gate



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L. B. NORRIS GATE Inventor w J. a J/ VP/J v I q 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 14, 1926 '5 Attorney Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES;PATE'NT'YOFFICE,

Lewis B. NORRIS, or SAPULPA,- OKLAHOMAQASSIIG'NOR or ONE-HALF I BOSE, or SAPULPA,'-OKLAHOMA.

GATE.

Application filed ctober'14, 1926. Serial na.'141,57e.

My present invention pertains to gates such as generally used upon farms; and it drawings, accompanying and forming part 15 of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a slde elevation lllustrative of the' gate construction constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention or which I am aware, and showing the gate as $1; latched in closed position; Figure 2 is atop plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is'an enlarged fragmentary per spective illustrative of apart of the unlatching: mechanism of the gate. o Figure 4] is an enlarged fragmentary'section taken on the plane indicated the line 4+4 of Figure 1. V

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding partsvin all of the' views of the drawings. a

EjThe, posts" 1 and 2 of my'ino'vel gate struc-V ture are appropriately fixed in the" ground and are spaced fapart in the-conventlonal manner. Thepost 1 is provided atits back with a"vertically disposed guide 3 for a weight 4, and. said .post l is also equipped with a sheave 5 in a braoketfi "fixed as at to the post.

The'gat-e' of my improvement is by 8, and said gate 8 is connected through themedium of'a cable '9 passed overthe sheave 5 with the weight 4, and hence the gravitational movement of the weight 4 will serve after thegate has been opened as here- 45 ina'fte'r described to assist in the closing of the gate, i. e. the restoration of the gate to the-position shown in Figure 1. I p i It will be noted by comparison of Figures 1 and 2 that thepost 1 is equipped with a" 59 bracket 10in which is a sheave 11, and that the'braclzet- 10 is provided with a projection 12, preferably one of the journals of the sheave 11, which is disposed and movable in a longitudinal slot 13 in a longitudinal bracket 14: superposed upon andfixed' to the upper edge of the" gate. It will be readily understood that"incident"to opening and iro- OMAR E.-

'closing movement of the gate 8 which is pivotally mounted at15 in a bracket carried the post 1, the bracket le'willmove with gate relative to the bracket 10.

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A'cable 16 is passed about the sheavel ll' and is passed through an"upright lever 19, pivoted at to a bracket on the outer end of the gate; The said lever 19 is adapted to swing in-a'vertical plane longitudinally of thegate 8 and in the same verticalplane as said gate 8.

The postis provided with keeper guides 16 and 17 on the gate 8 and aboutthelower portionot preferably shaped as best shown in Figure 2,

and designed to cooperate with the said lever 19; It will also be noted'from Figures 1 and 4' that the'lever 19 is tubular and a vertically movable bolt 22, connected'at 23 to the lever 19 is movable vertically in the lever 19 and adapted to cooperate with a lower keeper 24, said keeper 24Ibeing dis-;

to the ground and also adjacent to the" post -posed between inclines 25 arranged adjacent 2 and extending at opposite sidesof the ver tical plane of the gate 8 when isaid gate '8 1s in closed position. A cable 22" is connected to the bolt 22, and is carriedup ward'ly through'thelever 19 andovergap'ul ley.2 3" in the lever 19 and thenthrough an openlng 242? inthe lever 19, and is connected to a bracket 50 fixed on the gate 8. I

The gate 8 is provided at an intermediate point. in its'length with-an upright i 30{hav,- mg a portion 31 of circular cross" section; and pivoted on the said portion 310i the-j upright 30 are horizontally mov able lever 32 which are connected togetherlat their vheel ends and are also connected I through the medium of a cross bar 33 which extends through the gate 8 as clearly shown in Figure2. I

The said lever arms 32 aredesigned to be engaged and moved by an automobile moved toward the gate 8, and in this connection it will be understood that the cross bar 33 isv connected to thellow'er armota lever 34 whichis pivoted at-35 on a secondupright 36 of the gate'S" and is adapted'toswing in the direction of the thickness of the gate. d

To facilitate attachment ofwoven wire to the gate from. the/lever 34is disposed behence it will be understood that movement of"- the lever arms 32 will be attended by rocking of the plate 38 about its axis.

The upright'lever 19 is provided at opposite sides witheyes 40, Figures 1 and 2, and extending loosely through the said eyes 40 arelongitudinal rods 41 with heads 42 at their forward ends and also with pendent arms 43. The said rods 41 are pivotally connected at their rear ends to opposite side portions of the lever plate 38 as best shown in Figure 3.

The gate 8 is provided at the upper portion of its swinging end with a loop '50 which extends beyond the ends of the gate and loosely receives the upper portion of the lever 19, as shown in Figure 2.

Pivotally connected at 51 to opposite sides of, the forward portion of the gate 8 are angular levers 52, the upper arms of which are connected through links 53 with the arms 43 on the longitudinal rods 41. The lower forwardly directed portions of the levers 52 are designed to cooperate with the keeper 21 in the manner hereinafter explicitly set forth.

In" the practical operation of my novel gate, it will be apparent that whenan automobile approaching the-gate abuts against and moves oneof the arms 32,the lever 34 will be rocked and the upper portion of the lever;19 will be moved out o f the keeper 21; also, the bolt '22 will be raised out of the keeper At the same time the angular levers '52. will be rocked, whereby said levers 52 actingjagainst the keeper'21 will assist in'the disengagement of 1ever'19 from the keeper 21. Thereupon-continued movement ofthe-automobileagainst one of the arms 32will move the gate to open position, and

t-hereafterl when the gate is 'releasedfrom the automobile the gravitation of the weight 4will tend to return the gate to its closed position; I a

As the gate approaches its closedposition, the "lever 19 will snap v into the keeper 21,

and the bolt 22 will travel upwardly on one of'the inclines 25 and then will dropjinto' the keeper 24 "with the result that the gate will be securely, though automatically latched in'closed position. g

It will be understood from the foregoing that the kicking actionof-- the levers 52 against the keeper 21 will operate to move the rear upper portion of the gate rearwardly, and that said movement of the gate will be with respect to the bracket 10, and that when the gate approaches its closed position,

the rear upper portion of the gate will move forwardly with respect to the bracket 10 and will render the cable 16 taut.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel'gate is simple and inexpen Ofthe construction and relative arrangement" of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I donot desire, however, to be'understoodas limiting myself to the structure disclosed, my

invention beingdefined by my appended claims within the scope of which structural changes or modifications may be made without departure fron my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a gate, and in combination, a swing ing gate,gravitational means for returning the gate to closed position subsequently to opening ofthe gate, a post opposed to the I swinging end of the gate and having a keeper, a lever pivotally connectedto the" swinging end of the gate and rockable in the plane of the gate and inthe' direction of the length "thereof, a bolt carried'bythe lower portion of said lever and connected to the 1 gate, a keepenadjacent toj sai'dbolt, levers connected "to the gate and adapted to exert a said longitudinal rods, an upright lever con} by and connected with the last namedleve'r said lever arms being adapted to be engaged -the sides of the gate. I I

2; In a gate and in' combination, a"post','a bracket thereon,"a swing-able gatehavingia pintle disposed in said bracket, ajsecond' bracket on said" post, a sheave in 'the'last" "kicking action against the first named keeper to m'QVe -said keeper," longitudinal rods carried by the gate and connected to thief upright lever and also connected to'sa'id' kicking levers, a loopjon the gate and loosely receivingfthe upright lever, a swingable'f plate' carried'by'the gate' and connected to nected to the gate and connectedto said' swingahle' plate, and lever arms disposed :at' opposite sides of the gate and carried thereand"moved, by an automobile approaching named bracket, a member on'the gateand engaged with'and "movable longitudinally relative to the last nan'iedbracket', a weight. guide Ont-he post, a cable guided on'the'post and interposed between and connect ed to'the ate and a wei ht movable in said uide an' upright levercarried the swinging end of the gate and arranged beyond said end-and,

rockable in the direction of the length of the gate, said lever to cooperate with the upper keeper, means arranged in and movable relative to said lever to cooperate with the lower keeper, and automobile controlled means for disengaging said means and said upright lever from the lower and upper keepers; a hinge post the lower portion of the bin ed end of the said gate being hinged to saidliinge post, a bracket carried by said hinge post and equipped with a sheave,

weight means associated with the gate and said hinge post for returning the gate to closed position, a member on the rear portion of the gate and movable with respect to said bracket, and a cable guided on the gate and passed about said sheave and connected to the upright lever.

4. In a gate and in combination, a swingable gate, a post adjacent to the swinging 7 said sheave end of the gate, lower and upper keepers, an upright lever pivoted to the swinging end of the gate and arranged beyond said end and rockable in the direction of the length of the gate, said lever to co-operate with the upper keeper and having a vertically movable bolt to cooperate with the lower keeper, and automobile controlling means for disengaging said upright lever from the upper keeper and said bolt from the lower keeper.

5. In a gate and in combination, a swingable gate, a post adjacent to the swinging.

end of the gate, lower and upper keepers, an upright lever pivoted to the swinging end of the gate and arranged beyond said end and rockable in the direction of the length of the ate, said lever to cooperate with the upper able bolt to cooperate with the lower keeper, and automobile controlling means for diskeeper and having a vertically movengaging said upright lever from the upper keeper and said bolt from the lower keeper the said upright lever beingprovided with a vertical bore and a pulley at the upperend of said bore, the gate being provided with a forwardly projecting bracket at its forward end adjacent to its upper edge, and a cable being passed through said bore and over said pulley and interposed between and connected to the bolt and said bracket.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature.

LEWIS B. NORRIS. I 

